《金瓶梅》的作者是谁?——关于丘长孺的考辨

On the Author of The Plum in a Golden Vase

明代袁宗道说:"长孺非游闲公子,其胸中磊块甚,姑托游闲以耗磨之。"袁宏道说:"若长孺死,东南风雅尽矣!"其妻说:"吾夫风流命世,儒雅超群……留千百载文章,声价濡毫伸纸,与祝枝山文征明齐芳。"李贽也称赞他是"麟凤芝兰"。他勤于著述,却著而不署。他就是"廿公"、"笑笑生"——一位反道学的斗士邱长孺。

Yuan Zhongdao in Ming Dynasty once said, ＂Changru is not a playboy. He appears to be idle all days, but has a passionate flame in his heart.＂ Yuan Hongdao said, ＂If Changru is dead, there will be no poet in Southeast China.＂ Changru＇s wife said, ＂ My husband was a genious. He left a masterpiece behind him that can stand for ages, and deserved a reputation same as Zhu Zhishan and Wen Zhengming.＂ Li Zhi also thought highly of him, and referred him as one of the most outstanding authors. Changru was diligent in writing, but he didn＇t put his name on his works. He was named Twenty Man and Smiling Man. He is Qiu Changru, a fighter against fake Taoism.